Improved device for tendering or chopping meat



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` Laim Patent No. 104,700, dem .new 2s, 1870.

IMPRovEn nnvrcn ron TENDERING on cHoPP-ING MEAT.

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I, FRED. W..GoDDINa,- `oi West R,ut1and,.in the county of Worcester, Massachusetts, have invented `an'llmprovcd Device for 'lendering and Gho'pping Meat, of whichthe following is aspeciiication.

i Nature amid:ObjectsofV the I mien tion. My device is composed ot' `a plurality of knives or l cutters, aud a stock of peculiar construct-ion, provided witha handle, and adapted to receive and hold the Descriptioaofltlie ccompanyin-g Drawing.

. Figure 1` is a perspective under-sideview-of the de#` v1ce,a portion ot' one `of thefknives being broken away tomore clearly expose the 'xioiistrn'ctionA Figure 2 is a sectional sideview of the same. Figures, 4,5, and 6 arcperspcctive views-of different parts ci' the device, 'illustrating their relative form. p

Similar letters of reference indicate like 'part-s in all y GnralrDcscyription; I employ, forforming vanyiinproved device, a plurality of knives or" cutters, A,1i(ten, more or less,) and a stock, B, adaptedto receive and hold the said knives,

` and provided with a handle, C.

Alsiugle 4recess orslot, e, lin the 'stock 13,'receives Vand holds the knives A. j, Blocks or leads, D, support tiem, at proper discauces apart, grooves, y, inthe sides of said recess receiving projections, a, on the sides of the stems,.fw,

`of the knives, `and the ends ot' the blocks orlelads D secure'the saidknives andleads, and an enlargement,

\ a', .at one endof the'said recess or slot, z, provides for the `intrtninc'tion and withdrawal 'of the/said knives j and leads, for sharpeningthe former.

`:One or more set-screws', E, traversing holes, rit,jin

`the end of the stockB, at `which the discharge opening 'v is. located, clampthe knives andi leads`in the `contracted part ofthe recess z.

A single knife,which,1nay have a stem, w,'with straight sides, as `shown ing. 4, maypoccnpy the opening c, .and be heldgby contact "with `the screw or screws E.

The stock B may belreadily cast of complete form.

The base or stem, t, ofV the handle C, may, in this case, be cast on it. The -handle properv may be of wood, as indicated, or may be .ca st with its stem t.

"The said stem tis inclined upward, as shown, to accommodate the hand of the operator. i l

. The knives may'beparallel with the handle, when in position, as represented, or at right angles, or inclined relatively thereto.

`The form of the blades of theknives is not essential. They are, preferably, made straight, o withY rounded ends, to adapt them to make either a drawing or chopping cut. They may be adjustable, as to distance apart, by any'ad'equate means.

The stock B being in form of a frame, as described, y

a block? of wood, F, held .,by"gluing,or equivalent means, preferably, closes the space in the back of the same above the stems of the knives. and leads. The said stems and leads may, however, be Vextended to illl the same, vo'r the stocklbe cast with a close back.

"The screw or screws E may or have thumb-heads.

Operation.

My deviceis, primarily7 intended to take the place of' the pounder, the puller, the picker, the'roller with jagged points, and the single knife, for tendering fneat preparatory to cooking. vIts advantages over those devices are multiplied efticieney, without any comparative increase in first cost, ease of operation, and

facility for sharpening. It may operate for the said purpose by being simply drawn across the meat one or more times. I

`The device is also 4valuable as a chopper, for preparing meatfor hash,-s,ansage, mincemeat, &c.

Claim.

lclaiin as my invention.;

The improved meat-tenderer`ai1d chopper herein f descrbed,vcomposed of the knives A w x A wx, (two or more,) stock B z y c u, handle O t, leads D, and screw or screws E, constructed and arranged substantially as shown, for the purposes set forth.

1 y F. W. CODDING, Witnesses: i f W. B. HARDING,

JONATHAN DAY.

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